Hot cheese sauce

This easy recipe for hot cheese sauce is perfect for anyone who is looking for a
cheese dip with a little bit of a bite. In addition to being delicious, this
cheese sauce is gluten free, vegetarian, egg free, and nut free.

Servings: 2 cups

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Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
10 minutes

Total Time
20 minutes

Course:

Sauce

Cuisine:

American

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🧂 Ingredients

1 cup heavy cream
2 cups sharp cheddar cheese
2 tbsp chipotle chilis in adobo sauce

(minced)
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp gluten free all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Instructions

1 Grate the cheese and mince any chilis that you plan to add to your hot cheese
sauce.
2 Heat a medium sized pot over low to medium low heat then add the flour and
butter to the pot. Cook the flour and butter for 2 - 3 minutes until they
develop a light brown tint.
3 Start adding the heavy cream to the pot a little at a time. As you pour the
cream into the pot, mix the cream with the flour.
4 Add the salt, pepper, and chipotle chilis to the cream.

If you do not want your cheese sauce to be too spicy then you should add the
adobo sauce the chilis are stored in rather than adding actual chilis. If you
want your cheese sauce to be more spicy then you should add minced chilis.
5 Cook the cream until it starts to boil then let it boil for at least 1 - 2
minutes. Cook the cream until it thickens.
6 Remove the cream from the heat and let it cool for a minute. Add the cheese to
the cream and stir the cheese sauce until the cheese melts.